In my 44 years of doing this work, I have never seen any medication work as effectively as these GLP-1s
In some cases of dosing errors, patients have needed medical attention or had to go to the hospital
It also allows your physician to assess whether you have any sensitivities before increasing intensity
Tennis champion Serena Williams said Thursday that she is taking weight loss medication after struggling to see results from diet and exercise following the birth of her two daughters, Olympia and Adira
Easier to recover from on GLP-1 drugs: Moderate-intensity resistance training with controlled tempo (3-second eccentric) Lower total volume sessions (8 to 12 working sets) Walking and low-intensity steady-state cardio Mobility and flexibility work Harder to recover from on GLP-1 drugs: High-volume bodybuilding-style sessions (20+ sets) High-intensity interval training (HIIT) Heavy eccentric-focused training (slow negatives, drop sets) Two-a-day training sessions Endurance workouts over 60 minutes at moderate-to-high intensity The common thread: anything that creates significant muscle damage or glycogen depletion will take longer to recover from when calories are restricted
Some formulations, like semaglutide, which is 94% similar to the natural GLP-1 hormone, can also trigger reactions